Vocabulary Development
tangible
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precarious
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repast
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placid
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indolently
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agility
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specimen
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opiate
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staccato
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pungent
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solicitous
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opaque
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quarry
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affable
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palatial
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sloop
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bough
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gargoyle
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debacle
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grotesque
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Fill in the appropriate words for the following definitions.
___ 1. waterspout carved in the form of a creature.
___ 2. a sudden disaster.
___ 3. made up of abrupt elements of sound.
___ 4. uncertain; risky.
___ 5. easy to approach and talk to; pleasant.
___ 6. main branch of a tree.
___ 7. quick and easy movement.
___ 8. a small boat with a single mast.
___ 9. food and drink; a meal.
___ 10. sharply penetrating; poignant.
___ 11. an animal that is being hunted down.
___ 12. calm; quiet; undisturbed.
___ 13. a part of a whole, or one individual of a group.
___ 14. full of anxiety or apprehension.
___ 15. that can be touched or felt by touch; having actual form and substance.
___ 16. large; ornate; magnificent.
___ 17. bringing sleep, quiet.
___ 18. not transparent.
___ 19. characterized by distortions or incongruities in appearance, shape.
___ 20. disliking or avoiding work; idle; lazy.